James Francis Thorpe was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to ...
There is a spiritual element to running, it is one person and the Creator, but that person also runs for his family, clan and tribe. Billy Mills (Oglala ...
Mills qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics on the U.S. Track and Field
But as the Muckleshoot Tribal School student circled the track 18
The IOC also refused to demote Wieslander and the other runners-up from ...
Sports Heroes Who Served: Native American Marine Took Olympic Gold in 1964 ... 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo on the U.S. Track and Field Team. As a largely unknown runner, Mills qualified for the 10,000-meter race, ...
The Olympics are full of inspirational stories but few are as compelling as that of Mills, the Native American distance runner who pulled off one ...
Ironically, some of the biggest Native American colleges do not have track or cross country teams. Even Dine College, formerly known as Navajo ...
"Being a female Native runner is kind of isolating," Rosalie says.
On her right leg, she painted the letters “MMIW,” standing for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. As a member of the Cowlitz Indian ...